Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-02-26
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"A Frog Growing on the Side Of the
~ little Maids Head3The Moth
Il Gerissto4y. II = oTa moof gelirii
A recent number of the st. Louis. Re-
publican sayss Dr sEs: :Yonnkin, the we'll
known practitioner and editor of the
AititficaS .8Be3idal -5d,ttsalp returned yes
gterday lfroma professional triPitte, Illinois
wherein he was confronted with one OF
the mostlfeniafkAble cases iii the history
rof medical practice 4 To aj hsbN55lican re-
porter the, doctor last night gave the fol-
lowing Sactotints of ithe ieasc "a "a few
days ago was called intoyIIlihois, eighty
miles south of st. Louis, and on learning
that there was a peculiar case of ifnothl
Tef'smark' .inthe viciuttg,D Lodetefmined
.t0ge apd see it When reached the copn-
try home, ] 'was shown a btetty, 'vivSeiohs
maiden of stch Nsunmefs, with ,aoinisi
,ehieEous sparkle in her, young eyes, and
Sypicttnb p'OlIuS W Hoh ueaN otAuS q
'strbng 4esemblanee1t0 aifrog,oti toad.
lFhe littles esiTl girl was perfectly si9rmed an and
had meyer been, seriously Ill and was
ipreety,bdt Aeshe sight Of ftkis ilf-forhaed
elpaDsteE'sr eheadS locking out, from, the
seat of reason, .one's, first impulse, is to
shrink ffomi fit) ana shuddef las b ono
..bEaught.s Suddenly TO confront q reptile.
| drew near, however, and examined and
was convidced.l Near 1.-THE top Of the
dieaa pnh tiaIjefbaparietal abene.f there
was Q patch destitute of hair, in the-ce
| tire Of Witch Was Situated L the toad. /
looked againsand itjappGaredEho like a
frog when il floats on the smooth surface
81 tie T water, With It's head and Shoulders
sinsiehts' .5goiioo shi 1876 3ou5hissT
ID t.:Has # eyes, legs and a MOUTH" a,a
'tFWell; the front half of the little anil
Iithal was labese the general contour of
| the cscalps but the, legs seemed to be
buried in the Uranium, Just as they
wouldsbei in iiWaterR if the animal was
swimming: The head and mouth are
well defined. but the eyes are, missing 7
~ 'fYou say the mouth is we'll defnedr'
fsirsT opened it with my own
fingers, and felt almost afraid it would
bite me, although the teeth were not
visible. There was mucous substance
perceptible, that added much to its matt
turalness, and left an impression that il
could eat, just, the same as any other
mouth"
"What is the exact position Of this
additional head on the child's heada"
1T is situated on the left side, on the
I parietal bone, rather near the top of the
head, ! and when pnesits on the right
!, side of tbs, little girl and looks at the
! frog, It looks for all the world as if it
contemplated springing directly into the
behelderIs facerIn,, BIB asa -,1..,.so..
"How large is. this bacterian growtha"
Iihf'tAt pfesefit tits about half the size Of
the natural frog or, toad, and for half an
inch around its body there is smooth,
epithelial border, destitute of the hairy
| growth!of: the scalp The remainder of
the head was, covered with thick COW
efihg Of auburn hair, and the little girl
seemed eyen' prouderi of hem 'toady, as
shs csled IL than she did Of hf her Osaut H
lai tsOf what color is the frogr' Iad I
., t'ssThe color is that of the true skin,
| but The parents informed me that during
a wet orTrainy time2 or seasons Of even
cloudy weather, it turned q little purple,
as if wanting to take to water, its natu-
Y raj clement % nnO0s s19n na'3h.fai4 4
!, \ fIsvths ,senee of. touch communicated
J freely from this to the hrain9''
l'ohfges, tile sympathy Is complete, and
20 probe Or al panctpre of .toady' pro-
duces pain as instantly as would be
caused BY touching any other member. 7
"Doyou think this f,incubns'. can be
removed, or has it vascular connection
that would make that operation unsafel''
ll, sItthas no. vascular connection, as is
often the case in sim lar freaks, but can
be removed at any time without danger.
bIfpffered to rembveIit, anhi guaranteed
complete and speedy restoration, but the
+ little girl objected to parting with her
pet, land some country physicians had
told her, parents, that it would not be
safe to remove it, and SO they objected. \
7 aaeffo@ do YOU explain this cdriosity9I
h, 4Well, osir, it has long been question
among the medical fraternity as tC
whether there'was1 any such thing as
'motherlsa mayk,,, and i have heretofore
been a doubling Thomas, but since have
seen this, and. dheMdAthe mothers story,
/ will come down of the fence and ad-
NIT That it is possible for the mental te
mako lasting impression upontheIphys-
i, ,ical nature. ".v ~a,n,sm yet.n.3es 40
y .'What is the mothers storyW
4 "SimPly y'fhis:N She States that while
walking through "a wood, she accident
ally stepped on a toad, which gave her q
great fright She was at the time bare
foot, and at first thought It whs a snake,
AS she looked down. she saw the toad
sticking half way from beneath her foot,
with its,headi pr0trudingH This was I'M
doubtcdlg the reasonlof the mark on thu
head of the child"
tea The Dressed Beef Business. 4
az Colonel Sam Brown, who halls from